whiskey ring " in may 1907 , beck ##ham appointed robert worth bingham , a young lawyer and fellow prohibition ##ist , as interim mayor until elections could be held in november . bingham eliminated graf ##ting in the police department , closed gambling houses and enforced blue laws closing saloon ##s on sunday . following this , the whiskey ring announced beck ##ham had for ##feit ##ed the support of louisville ' s legislators . in the senator ##ial election in 1908 , three of the four democrats who voted against beck ##ham were from louisville . following his defeat , beck ##ham returned to his law practice . six years later beck ##ham again attempted to win the senate seat . due to the passage of
whiskey ring " in may 1907, beckham appointed robert worth bingham, a young lawyer and fellow prohibitionist, as interim mayor until elections could be held in november. bingham eliminated grafting in the police department, closed gambling houses and enforced blue laws closing saloons on sunday. following this, the whiskey ring announced beckham had forfeited the support of louisville's legislators. in the senatorial election in 1908, three of the four democrats who voted against beckham were from louisville. following his defeat, beckham returned to his law practice. six years later beckham again attempted to win the senate seat. due to the passage of